How do I know what Atlas Passives to take?

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Johny_Snow wrote:

I wouldn't call 2 exalts in 200 maps "the best"

It's like triple raw exalts drop rate, is not bad either, considering we don't need to stop for more then few seconds to kill the harbingers. They also drop anuls/ancient/chaos orbs.

Oh, not like that. I myself have only managed to find 2 pure exalts but in reality have 100+. I'd say if you want steady currency gain your best bet is to run guardian maps and Maven crucible.

As others mentioned, the new atlas has tons of options which all can be used. The better question, in terms of minmaxing, is are you able to run those things effectively. I'll give u an example:

Right now my moneymaking revolves around delving. So obiously I took the niko/delve nodes in the tree, namely additional sulphite on map boss kills, more missions and 10% chance to gain azurite in the same amount of sulphite. This is my MAIN Strat. Now the question starts, how do I complement this?

To execute my main strat I need to clear maps fast, as I want to open the next maps as soon as possible to grab more sulphite. That already excludes legion, breach, Blight, Ritual.

So I took all the nodes that grant me chances to get additional drops from map bosses chances for double bosses, elder-/, shaper, synth and conqueror maps. I also took essences as I get tons of them blasting through maps fast, I went for strongboxes as I have many maps, that means many strongboxes...

So you see, my atlas revolves around the idea of blasting through as many maps as possible.

If you would go for a quant-strat where you juice maps like crazy u would go a totally different route. Common specs are eigher eater of worlds or ember altar nodes, and then accordingly to which side you are on blight, harbingers, breach, legion... Everything that adds more and more monsters onto your map. Later on nemesis, beyond, etc.

So to make an atlas strat you should think about what you wanna play, and focus on this tech, and then think what other techs supplement your main one.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

I've been getting the "How do I know?" question from my students a lot this last year. Pissing me off. You know stuff because you learn it. Not because of some magic fairy that imparts knowledge in the dark of night. You spend time. You make hypotheses and you test them. You deduce some stuff logically.

You think.

That's how you know stuff. There is no "how" involved.

Yes, this is why students are invited to invent mathematical theories and test them out on their own. Don't bother with learning multiplication, integers or orders of operation, but test stuff out for yourself. /S

Some knowledge is best gained though experience, some through a mentor, some from reading. Teaching can be frustrating because not everyone learns things optimally the same way. That is why good human teachers are invaluable.

I grok your frustration with students that just want an easier way out. Teaching them how to learn is as important or more so than any given facts or theories you will teach them. You might feel like you are only making a small dent in their thinking, but you very well could open up worlds for them. What you are doing is important.